Engare

Engare has two gameplay modes. The first is a puzzle-solving mode, where the player must recreate a shape shown on-screen by placing a point on a moving object that is drawn into a line as the object moves. As the puzzles become more complex, the player is rewarded with the creation of more and more intricate patterns created from their solution; in later levels these patterns repeat themselves and are coloured in. After enough puzzles are solved, a second gameplay mode is unlocked: a pattern design tool where the player can place dots and lines or colour in tiles to create repeating geometric patterns. These patterns can then be mapped onto a 3-D mosque-like dome and explored from different perspectives.

Engare has been received positively, with a demo version presented at the 2014 GDC Experimental Gameplay Workshop generating positive press coverage. Since its release, Engare has been praised by Sam Machkovech of Ars Technica, who describes the game as "[feeling] absolutely magical and unique in the gaming realm," and Robin Hunicke of EA and Funomena, who was "blown away [by] the cleverness of the puzzles". Rami Ismail of Vlambeer has praised the game on several occasions, naming it as one of his top 10 games of 2017 in an article for Giant Bomb, and as 'one of the games that he admires the most' in a GameSpot feature. The game has been similarly well-received by players on Steam, where it holds an overall "very positive" rating, and has won several awards, including the Student Showcase at the Independent Games Festival and the Excellence in Design and Culture Award categories at the Tehran Video Game Festival.